Wire-fencing standard and batten.



'PATENTED MAR 22, 1904.

J. WRIGHT. WIRE FENCING STANDARD AND BATTEN APPLICATION FILED OUT. 27, 1903.

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JOHN RIGHT, OF ST. HELIERS BAY, NEAR AUCKLAND, NEXV ZEALAND.

WlRE-FENCIING STANDARD AND BAT TEN.

SFEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 755,427, dated March 22, 1904.

I Application filed October 27, 1903. Serial No. 178,752. (No model.)

1'0 n/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN WVRIGHT, builder, a subject of His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of St. H eliers Bay, near the city of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVire- Fencing Standards and Battens, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of these improvements in wirefencing standards and battens is to provide an easy, expeditious, and cheap method of erecting and, where necessary, repairing wire fences and stiffening and strengthening them.

The improvements consist in having the standard, which is shaped to be sunk into the ground, made of strong sheet metal bent in a more or less hollow form, with slits cutout at suitable intervals, into which the wires of the fence are to be placed or laid, and a rod or pin for insertion within and down the hollow or concavity of the standard to hold the wires in position when placed in the slits, and in having the batten made spiral or screw-shaped, somewhat like a spiral spring, but more open, so that when placed against the fence-wires they fit between the coils of the batten and are held thereto by a rod or pin being passed down through the coils of the batten.

The accompanying drawings show nine figures, of which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the standard, showing its convex side with three slits in its upper part and its lower end or part shaped into a convenient form for being sunk into the ground. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the standard, broken, as shown in Fig. 1, and disclosing the slits in its convexity. Fig. 3 is the rod or pin for insertion within the concavity of the standard provided for keeping the fence-wires in position when placed in the slits in the standard. Fig. 4: is a sectional View showing the standard with one fence-wire placed in slit and rod or pin holding the fencewire to the standard. Fig. 5 is a front view of part of the standard, showing one slit with one fence-wire therein and the rod holding it in position. Fig. 6 is a view of a panel of fencing, showing two standards with seven slits in each standard and a fencing-wire in the same corresponding slit in each standard and the rod or pin within the concavity of each standard holding the fencing-wires thereto and three spiral battens fitted and held 'to fencing-wires of said panel by three rods or pins. Fig. 7 is the spiralshaped batten. Fig. 8 is the rod or pin which is passed down through the coils of the spiral batten; and Fig. 9 is an illustration of the spiral batten with five fencewires fitted thereto and the rod or pin passed through the coils of the spiral batten and holding the fence-wires thereto.

The standard A is made of any strong sheet metal suitable for the purpose, but preferably galvanized iron, sufliciently pliable to be bent or blocked into any suitable shape, but preferably as shown in the drawings herewith, with slits B as many in number as the character of the fence will require, but preferably seven, as the average fence carries seven wires, made therein and cut thereout. The lower end C of the standard A is given the formation shown in the drawings, as that shape gives greater holding power in the ground and a better grip; but it may be shaped in any other way, providing it will thereby have a good hold and grip in the ground. The rod or pin D is made of iron or other suitable metal, but preferably galvanized iron, and it is provided with a crook or hook formation E at its top to keep it from slipping below the top fence-Wire when in position.

The batten H is made spiral or screw shaped, somewhat like a spiral spring, but more open, as shown on the drawings, and the rod or pin J is provided to hold the batten to the fencewires Gr when it is fitted thereto. The top K of the rod or pin J is made crook or hook shaped to prevent it slipping through the coils of the spiral batten H when it (the rod J) is passed therethrough. The spiral batten H and rod J can be made of iron or any suitable metal; but galvanized iron will most likely be found to be the best metal to use.

In practice the standards A are sunk into the ground F, as shown in Fig. 6. The fencewires G are then placed in the slits B on the convex sides of the standards A, and the rods 1) are passed down within the concavities of the standards A, so as to hang or stand between the wires Gr and the bend of the standard A, as shown in Figs. 4: and 5, they being given as enlarged figures to more fully and clearly illustrate these parts of the invention when connected together. The fence thus made will stand strong and firm, and it will keep horses and cattle within or without as completely as may be required. The spiral batten H is fitted to the fence-wires G, as

' shown in Figs. 6 and 9, by placing the wires G between the coils of the batten H and passing the rod or pin J down inside the coils, which connection holds the wires G firmly to the batten H, as is clearly shown in Fig. 9. When so fitted to the fencing-wires, the spiral batten H makes the fence so stiff and strong that a person can climb over it at the connecting-point. One of the advantages connected with the spiral batten H and rod J is that a farm hand can take them with him in dozens and wherever he finds a fence has become weakened or the wires sagged he can connect the spiral batten H and rod J thereto, and thereby at once stiffen it and, if necessary, attach two or three sets, as shown in Fig. 6.

The panel shown in Fig. 6 is a narrow one, representing about five feet six inches in width, and is only given to illustrate the appearance of the fence when made with these improved standards A and rods D and fitted with the spiral battens H and rods J.

The standard A is before described as being made of strong sheet metal, but can also be cast with the slits B therein made in the casting and, as before, provided with its lower part C made in any suitable shape that will holdit in the ground securely. The straining of the fencing-wires can be effected in any suitable way.

One great advantage resulting from the use of these improvements is that by drawing the rods or pins D from out of the concavities of the standards A the fence-wires G can be taken out of the slits B and when the battens H and rods J are disconnected therefrom be allowed to all drop on the ground, whereby easy and immediate provision can be made for moving horses, cattle, and other animals from one paddock or field to another, and so save the need of having slip-panels, as is required with other fences. With these improvements there is no need to draw the standards out of the ground to liberate the fence-wires, as is required with other kinds of fences for the above or any other purpose. Another great advantage is that the standards, rods, battens, and fencewires can be quickly disengaged and shifted elsewhere and reerected at but a trifling cost and that when the standards, rods, and battens are made of a suitable metal, such as galvanized iron, they will last as long as the fencingwire and will not require renewing like wooden posts and battens do.

Having fully described my invention, what Idesire to claim and secure by Letters Patent 1s Asupporting and spacing device for fencewires, comprising a standard having a portion of its length concavo-convex and the remaining portion flat, said concavo-convex portion of said standard provided with a plurality of slits adapted to receive the fence-wires, and said flat portion adapted to be inserted in the ground for retaining the standard in an upright position, a rod extending parellel to the standard and supported thereby and adapted to retain the fence-wires within said slits, a spiral batten adapted to receive the fencewires, and a reinforcing-rod for said batten, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WILLIAM BASLEY, PERCY HERBERT BASLEY. 

